Vaughan: Crocks must recover to face India

Michael Vaughan believes England's walking wounded must all be back to full fitness if they are to return to form in India.

England were brought back down to earth with a bump in Pakistan this winter as they failed to follow up last summer's Ashes heroics.

Their trip to the sub-Continent was dogged by injury problems, however, with Vaughan returning home with a knee problem and spinner Ashley Giles suffering a hip injury.

Kevin Pietersen (rib) and Andrew Flintoff (ankle) also picked up knocks as Pakistan took both the Test and one-day series.

India will represent an even more daunting challenge and Vaughan admits England desperately need some good news from the treatment room.

He told The Sun: "We have to make sure we get everyone back as quickly as possible and hit India with a fully-fit squad.

"In the last couple of years we've been very successful because we've had a settled team. We used only 12 players in five matches during the Ashes.

"As soon as you start losing one or two components in the side, it's bound to unsettle you."

Not that Vaughan was looking to take anything away from a committed Pakistan side. "Losing in Pakistan was a blow but you must give them a lot of credit," he added. "They bowled fantastically well - Shoaib Akhtar proved a lot of people wrong - and Inzamam batted brilliantly.

"They put us under a lot of pressure and we just weren't at our best. The most important thing is we learn from our failures by the time we get to India."